The U.S. is establishing another dispute panel in relation to Canadian dairy policies, according to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai. At issue is Canada’s dairy tariff-rate quota (TRQ) allocation measures…
Senators Ask White House for Enforcement Actions on USMCA
…with the rules regarding tariff-rate quotas on dairy products. The U.S. recently requested dispute-settlement consultations for a third time regarding Canada’s dairy policy. U.S. and Mexican discussions recently continued last…
Comment Period Closing Soon for Proposed Changes to Rodenticide Use
…change dramatically. COURTESY: UC ANR UC Davis Professor of Cooperative Extension, Roger A. Baldwin, and Cooperative Extension Advisor with UC South Coast Research and Extension Center, Niamh Quinn have outlined…
SHIP IT Act Seeks to Address Trucking Supply Chain Challenges
…step” for strengthening the U.S. supply chain. President and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), Michael Dykes called the legislation “commonsense trucking reform” that will be instrumental in…
Substantial Consolidation in Retail Food Market Since 1990
…over the last three decades, according to data from USDA’s Economic Research Service. Market concentration, as measured by the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index, is a measure of the extent to which market…
California Chill Report: Working to Refine Chill Modeling
…points of focus in the research have been to try and answer two specific questions. The first aspect of the project considers the decline in fog and how that might…
AgNet News Hour: Tuesday, 01-24-23
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers the research mitigation strategy for sunburn in vineyards, the approximate $200 million in…
Chocolate Market Growing
Chocolate is getting even more popular. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. The global cocoa and chocolate market is seeing a growth spurt. According to a new research…
Additional Dairy Assistance Coming From USDA
…sent out to dairy farmers through the PMVAP. Industry groups have expressed their support for the additional dairy assistance being made available. “While losses due to the combination of unforeseen…
Research into Bee Health May Lower Winter Colony Losses
…according to recently published research. Entomologist and lead researcher Yanping “Judy” Chen of the ARS Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland says this cellular pathway has the strongest connection yet…
Almond Update: In-Depth Analysis for Developing Market Opportunities
The Almond Board of California (ABC) continues to invest in developing market opportunities on behalf of the industry. A tremendous amount of research and analysis is conducted to refine marketing…
Rural Job Growth Shifting to High-Skill Workers
…were in smaller industries that tend to employ high-skill workers. USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) reports the highest growth was in the real estate industry. Also showing rapid growth was…
Almond Update: Cold Storage for Bees Becoming More Popular
Using cold storage to house bee colonies in the winter is not a new practice but it is continuing to grow in popularity. Assistant Research Professor at Washington State University,…
Food Prices Drop in December BUT …..
…sugar and dairy. For 2022, the index averaged 143.7 points, 18 points or 14.3 percent higher than the 2021 index. The Vegetable Oil Price Index averaged 144 points in December,…